Candles

As more Israelis choose pure olive oil to light the Hanukkah menorah, counterfeiters see an opportunity

Prices have risen due to demand and tariffs, some producers dilute their olive oil with cheaper vegetable oils without disclosing all of the ingredients.

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 24, 2021 4:28 pm

Hanukkah candles lit in Polish parliament

The ceremony was held shortly after the inaugural address by the new Polish prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, who has Jewish roots.

December 13, 2017 6:50 am

Patients and their families lit memorial candles for Holocaust victims at Israeli hospitals

The memorial organization Our Six Million: A Candle for Every Name. distributed the memorial candles, each with a bar code, allowing the lighter to scan it with his cell phone and learn about the victim of the Holocaust associated with the candle.

April 23, 2017 2:15 pm

Shimon Peres’ son, granddaughter to light Hanukkah candles at White House

December 5, 2016 12:43 pm

Istanbul Jews hold 1st public candle-lighting ceremony in decades

December 14, 2015 7:38 am

Hanukkah candle lighting returns to Polish Presidential Palace

December 10, 2015 9:19 am

Chabad erects 15,000 public menorahs for Hanukkah

November 27, 2013 11:51 am

Ban on Shabbat candles drives hasidim from Welsh seaside resort

By Talia Lavin August 8, 2013 2:59 pm

Sex, world record lure young people to Moscow Chanukah party

By Anna Rudnitskaya December 14, 2009 9:38 pm

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